Vocabulary Enrichment 2
Word: Macer
Definition: An officer who attends the court of session and carries out its order.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: yet macer lost not one jot of his coolness in that awful moment.
Sentence: the macer carried out his orders efficiently.
Word: Iconify
Definition: in computing, to make into an icon; to reduce the size of an icon.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: Mozilla iconifies websites for favorites
Sentence: When creating a logo, you are iconifying your brand.
Word: Aberration
Definition: the act of departing from the right, normal or usual course
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: The civil war was clearly an aberration in American society and of profound significance.
Sentence: Her angry reaction was an aberration from her attitude
Word: Narcoleptic
Definition: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: Over most of the round, Spieth was so sedate he seemed almost narcoleptic.
Sentence: He was so exhausted his soccer tournament, he seemed narcoleptic when he was asleep.
Word: Dabbled
Definition: to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with hands.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: After all, this is not the first time Cruz dabbled with fame.
Sentence: He went inside the control room and dabbled with the buttons.
Word: Caisson
Defintion: a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude water.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: The men were down in the road, lifting horses, dragging with them at gun and caissons.
Sentence: The group of people dived down in order to caisson.
Word: Screet
Definition: to shed tears
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original Sentence: Many romance movies have the audience members screen in the final chapters of the film.
Sentence: After hearing her friend being in the hospital she began to screet for him.
Word: Sadism
Definition: any enjoyment in being cruel
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: Obama processes his sadism to the point where he gets somewhat more acceptable.
Sentence: During their argument, her boyfriend was being sadist
Word: Jactation
Definition: boasting; bragging
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: one of his familiar jactations of imperfections
Sentence: He was jactating about his new car.
Word: Abdicable
Definition: to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office), especially in a voluntary, public or formal manner.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
Sentence: The CEO of the company abdicated everything he owned to his eldest son.
Definition: An officer who attends the court of session and carries out its order.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: yet macer lost not one jot of his coolness in that awful moment.
Sentence: the macer carried out his orders efficiently.
Word: Iconify
Definition: in computing, to make into an icon; to reduce the size of an icon.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: Mozilla iconifies websites for favorites
Sentence: When creating a logo, you are iconifying your brand.
Word: Aberration
Definition: the act of departing from the right, normal or usual course
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: The civil war was clearly an aberration in American society and of profound significance.
Sentence: Her angry reaction was an aberration from her attitude
Word: Narcoleptic
Definition: a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: Over most of the round, Spieth was so sedate he seemed almost narcoleptic.
Sentence: He was so exhausted his soccer tournament, he seemed narcoleptic when he was asleep.
Word: Dabbled
Definition: to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with hands.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: After all, this is not the first time Cruz dabbled with fame.
Sentence: He went inside the control room and dabbled with the buttons.
Word: Caisson
Defintion: a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude water.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: The men were down in the road, lifting horses, dragging with them at gun and caissons.
Sentence: The group of people dived down in order to caisson.
Word: Screet
Definition: to shed tears
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original Sentence: Many romance movies have the audience members screen in the final chapters of the film.
Sentence: After hearing her friend being in the hospital she began to screet for him.
Word: Sadism
Definition: any enjoyment in being cruel
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original Sentence: Obama processes his sadism to the point where he gets somewhat more acceptable.
Sentence: During their argument, her boyfriend was being sadist
Word: Jactation
Definition: boasting; bragging
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: noun
Original sentence: one of his familiar jactations of imperfections
Sentence: He was jactating about his new car.
Word: Abdicable
Definition: to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office), especially in a voluntary, public or formal manner.
Source: dictionary.com
Part of speech: verb
Original sentence: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
Sentence: The CEO of the company abdicated everything he owned to his eldest son.
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